The disdain that Jerry Banfied received on this platform is one of the few things he actually earned. His following, his façade, the persona he conveys... these things are bought. Jerry is the foremost witness interesting in profit versus promoting a more ideal ecosystem favoring manual curation.
I yearn for the day that he answers me since long ago but suspect it will be avoided for there are no truth for which he can stand on. His position is indefensible under critical scrutiny. Some people are able to be persuaded by tricks and craft facilitated by money for witness votes. Not me.
I am persuaded by competence and forward thinking. Jerry's approach demonstrates he has no grasp on either. He sure can market but his game is one of smoke and mirrors which will leave a BAD taste in peoples mouth.
If Jerry really is concerned about Steem, he will hire people to better police his and his colleagues bots because I have grown weary of doing it for free.
That might all be true. But @berniesanders using bots to indiscriminately down vote each and every comment, including critical comments like mine, is not the answer either.
Quite the opposite. Both sided deploying The Bots Of War will destroy Steemit.
I too think that steemit should favour manual curation. But I fear it is to late for that. We would need some painful (for the whales) changes to salvage Steemit.